Timothy Liles is a talented furniture designer from New England. After getting a degree in Furniture Design and working as a footwear designer for Converse for five years, Liles decided to leave the company and focus more on his personal projects. That’s how this funny, modern rug design came to life. The Braid Dead Rug …
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A tangle of dark hair cropped short, black blouse, brown trous, black sunglasses and a bag slung over her shoulder – if you’re a regular on the streets of Soho, you might see this figure stepping out of a coffeehouse. OK, she sounds like your stereotypical New Yorker no? Well this striving wall sculptor is …
Una lampada da terra che è diventata, negli ultimi anni, un vero e proprio must del design spagnolo. Una lampada monumentale, semplice, con una forma che strizza l’occhio agli anni Settanta, adatta sia agli interni che agli esterni. Sto parlando di Inout, la lampada disegnata da Ramón Úbeda e Otto Canalda per Metalarte, disponibile in vari …
The restless and schizofrenic band from NY is come back in Italy: Liars. A new album “Sisterworld” has been published in 2010. Everything into Liars world is sick and damned, if they played close to pop or noise or electro there is always a sinister sadness, a beautiful sense of destruction of happyness. During their carreer the band have …
The french icon Vanessa Paradis, the singer very popular during the eighties, the icon Chanel, the icon Karl Lagerfeld. All together into the launch of the new bag Coco Cocoon, probably a new fashion icon too. Polkadot was invited to attend the preview @ Chanel italian press office last week. Vanessa Paradis is the testimonial of the bag and …
eskuché (es•koo•chay) is a lifestyle . . . a cultured initiative formed by inspired individuals to channel the act of “LISTEN” for a movement passionate about and influenced by music, art, fashion and design. Inspiration is drawn from classic industrial design, combined with modern components. Thus achieving the design aesthetic without sacrificing sound quality, an …
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Se dico Big Fish probabilmente pensi al film di Tim Burton. Per me, da alcuni giorni, Big Fish è anche quacos’altro. Da quando ho scoperto questo ristorante di Barcellona, il “pesce grande” è sinonimo di buona cucina, ottimi piatti e bel design, un posto dove passare un’ottima serata. Il locale si trova di fronte al …
Bench or sculpture? That is the question one may have when they see the super sleek curves of the Ondine bench – a collaboration between designer Michael Bihain and Belgian architect Cedric Callewaert. The answer to this question is both, which is the concept behind it’s design. The Ondine comes as a set of three …
MANG(U)ERO è un portachiavi duttile e chic, MANG(U)ERO è un portaborse comodo e confortevole, MANG(U)ERO è un oggetto di design, una brillante idea del giovane designer catalano JAN BAYO. L’idea di questo portachiavi nasce dalla necessita di avere un oggetto unico nel suo genere che salvaguardi da graffi e contusioni tutto ciò che quotidianamente portiamo …